Talon 35cc 35cm Black Hawk Chain Saw BRAND NEW - $99 ($19 delivery to Melb)

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  bargaintick on 19/05/2011 - 14:28

  +2

  [Insert zombie-related comment here]

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    ElectroGhoul on 19/05/2011 - 14:40

    +2

    Hail to the King, Baby.

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  llama on 19/05/2011 - 14:54

  I have an older model (yellow body) of this one - 35cc with 40cm bar. It's been fantastic over the years, always starts and has good grunt for domestic use. I've chopped HEAPS of stuff, both green and old fences, etc.

  Still on the opriginal chain, but it's been resharped a lot. I doubt the cylinder or any of the major parts would be worth replacing… it's a throw-away!

  The only problem with mine (which might have been fixed in this design revision) is that wood chips build up in the body surrounding the clutch / main sprocket. It's a design flaw, as a small "lip" in the plastic cover creates a ledge that causes crud to build up.

  After a while, the wood chips stop spraying out below the saw, and you have to stop and either dig it out or remove the cover to clear it properly. Apart from that… it's great (I paid $99 from Bunnings about 5 years ago)

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    [Deactivated] on 19/05/2011 - 15:29

    Free Tip. After 3 sharpenings its often better to get a new chain, they aren't that expensive (at my local mower shop = 2X the sharpening price), as they are sharpened the teeth get smaller and then blunt easier.

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      llama on 19/05/2011 - 16:00

      Sharpening price = say WHAT? ;-/

      HEY - I am an Ozbargainer, I wouldn't PAY for sharpening. SHEESH!

      I sharpen on the spot (literally) - a touchup with the file takes about 2 minutes. And, rather than how a "pro" would do it and take heaps off using a powered tool, I remove a tiny bit, just enough to return the edge.

      Sharpening a chain is easy, but you need a vice to hold the bar, and the correct sized file + a guide if you want to get the angles correct.

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    Telios on 19/05/2011 - 16:19

    Actually llama, i have seen this issue with many different chainsaws and can tell you it's a fairly common design issue that woodchips/grit builds up around the clutch/chaindrive.

    I see it happen with Stihl/husq/Hilti's. It's mostly due to chainbar oil catching particulate from the chain and passing it thru the chaindrive.

    Not much you can do sadly :(

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  DxxP on 19/05/2011 - 14:56

  I wonder if this is an easy start one. Old chainsaws require muscle to pull start.

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    llama on 19/05/2011 - 16:01

    It's 35cc… you literally could start it by holding the cord and dropping it. No muscle is required

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      DxxP on 19/05/2011 - 16:45

      Cool! Useful to know…
      Thanks

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  hellrazorone on 19/05/2011 - 15:58

  Postage to WA is a deal-breaker on this.
  Really wish this company would try to negotiate better shipping rates or change to a different postal service (or courier).

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  Fred on 19/05/2011 - 16:50

  Jesus mother of Mary, I just spent >$1k for my chainsaw should have waited!

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    163855 on 19/05/2011 - 17:13

    what brand?

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  Steptoe on 19/05/2011 - 16:58

  Great for cutting up downed helicopters you may find in the scrub down the backyard…

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  163855 on 19/05/2011 - 17:13

  just my two cents worth, but when i worked at bunnings (1 year ago), talon was one of the most returned chainsaws we had. Older models seemed much more reliable, and i know many of the repair agents said that if a talon chainsaw died you would be better off buying a new saw, they HATED servicing them! But, maybe they have changed in a year, i guess some people will find out

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    whitenite on 19/05/2011 - 21:53

    That statement seems true of many consumer items today, most of them being made in China. Prices have come down such that it is either cheaper or makes more sense to replace than to repair. I've got an electric Talon, paid $60-70 new, lobbed off 2 tree trunks about 8" diameter each. Still going strong.

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    llama on 19/05/2011 - 21:57

    They probably get returned becuase they aren't even run or tuned from the factory. They just wind the mixture screws randomly and cross those chinese-factory fingers and say a small prayer.

    If you don't know how to set the idle / mixture properly, you could go mad fighting with a small with a 2-stroke engine! Every cheapy chinese one I've bought has been so far off tune it either wouldn't idle, or bogged like a dog under load.

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  kierand on 19/05/2011 - 17:48

  I've had this saw for about a year - it's not a bad saw for small jobs like firewood, the chain has smaller teeth and the engine is a little smaller than the older black and yellow AC3100 but is a better designed saw IMHO. It's easy to start as long as you don't over prime the fuel and flood it. Great price for this saw though.

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  compound on 19/05/2011 - 19:11

  American Chainsaw Massacre anyone?

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  kheob on 19/05/2011 - 20:11

  Chainsaws scare the hell out of me.

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    llama on 19/05/2011 - 21:59

    +1

    Chainsaws are the toy that you buy when you become blasé with your angle grinder.